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Re: Studio Scholarships Announced!

Chris Anthony — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:54:53 -0000

Congratulations to Bridget, Genna, and Meg! :)

Re: Samsung says Galaxy Tab sales to consumers actually 'quite small' [update: misquote!]

Chris Anthony — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:05:00 -0000

I doubt it. This is how sales reporting works a lot of the time. The music industry is well-known for it, and it's how they're able to claim that sales are down despite people buying more music than ever. An example, with invented numbers to illustrate the point:

In year 1, music retailer buys 1 million CDs from record label.
In year 1, consumers buy 500,000 CDs from music retailer, leaving 500,000 unsold.
In year 2, music retailer tries to minimize overhead by only purchasing 750,000 CDs from record label.
In year 2, consumers buy 600,000 CDs from music retailer, leaving only 150,000 unsold.

Consumers have purchased more music, but record labels are able to say that sales are down because the retailers are buying fewer CDs in order to respond to actual demand.

This kind of nonsense is absolutely routine, and an excellent example of why we shouldn't be trusting sales numbers from a manufacturer that sells through independent distributors.

Re: The best lesson Marilyn Manson can possibly teach you.

Chris Anthony — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:22:20 -0000

Aw. That was sweet. I'm not surprised people are tearing up. :)

Re: Why you don’t get what you want

Chris Anthony — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:13:49 -0000

I want to figure out how to get from where I am to where I need to be. I can SEE it from here - I just can't figure out how to GET there.

Re: Change tolerance (and why you don’t have it)

Chris Anthony — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:00:54 -0000

I am excellent with change. What I can't deal with is comments.

Re: The Action Studio and a love letter

Chris Anthony — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:02:29 -0000

This is brilliant. I would be inclined to copy it if I were still on my old consulting model. :)

Re: Why I swear here (and why you might want to, too)

Chris Anthony — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:11:02 -0000

Fuckin' A!

I'm not actually sure what I do that breaks the mold. It just seems to happen occasionally. I wish I could figure that out and harness it...

Re: Attack of the 50-Foot Blogger

Chris Anthony — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:36:04 -0000

I think, for me, it's a matter of time spent and perceived success. When I first heard about you, it was in the context of you being talked up by people I trusted and whose opinion I valued, and so I figured you had to be doing SOMETHING right and important to SOMEONE. And even now that I'm working ALONGSIDE you I still think "holy crap, I'm working with CATHERINE CAINE". I get the same way with Rachael (@caffeinatedelf).

To me, I think, it's not so much a matter of size as of real-ness. When you move, things seem to happen. When I move, things... less happen. And it may simply be that I don't see the things that you do that don't have the effect you wanted, but from my perspective, when you do things, they work.

With that in mind, I was astonished the other day to get an email from someone who considered me one of the Movers and Shakers. I was stunned. So I get what you mean. :)

Re: Thinking about making some changes

Chris Anthony — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:29:49 -0000

Post to a schedule that fits your life. If taking Sunday and Monday off means that you will be happier and better able to do your work, then by all means, take Sunday and Monday off. ♥

Re: The super-power of gratitude

Chris Anthony — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:13:22 -0000

What a great topic.

I just did this - I have something to feel VERY thankful for right now - and it's given me a sense of perspective. They don't feel about me the way I feel about me, or the way I think they MUST feel about me - they want me to succeed and want to help me, and don't think poorly of me at all. What I see as failings, they see as growing pains. So instead of feeling horrible about the whole thing, I'm able to feel peaceful and thankful and set aside the giant Acme rubber band that's keeping me held back to my past feelings and mishaps, and move forward.

So thank you again.

Re: Review: Acing Tough Talks

Chris Anthony — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:54:12 -0000

Thank you. I've been wanting Sinclair's course, but with this review it becomes a gimme. I'm bookmarking this post so that I can come back and use your link to buy it as soon as I have a spare $73.

(Yes, I know there's a discount code. But I feel kind of awful using the discount code AND your affiliate link, because if I do that, BOTH of you get less money.)

Re: the manifesto of encouragement

Chris Anthony — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:52:25 -0000

This is wonderful. Thank you.

Re: This doesn’t have to be hard

Chris Anthony — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:13:16 -0000

Lighting a path.

Re: Scripting News: Inception is to The Matrix as...

Chris Anthony — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:45:51 -0000

The rest of the review notwithstanding, I take issue with this line: "With Nolan they wonder if he's the next Stanley Kubrick. With Scorcese, they don't."

Well, of course they don't. Scorcese has literally been directing since before Nolan was born; nobody currently considers Scorcese the next anything, because he's been directing for more than 40 years.

(I also, for what it's worth, remember reading a description of the young Scorcese as "the next Cassavetes", but that's in my distant memory and I can't place it.)

Re: Wonderful power dynamics

Chris Anthony — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:52:39 -0000

Man, I honestly don't even know. I need to take my own advice and create a Perfect Client.

Re: Wonderful power dynamics

Chris Anthony — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:43:01 -0000

Too broad? Never! You can't apply your limits, your narrowness, to someone with VISION, someone with DESTINY! Oh, they LAUGHED at the Academy, but when they see Project Burbank come to fruition...

I mean, um.

*cough*

Re: Wonderful power dynamics

Chris Anthony — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:18:04 -0000

Who am I empowering? Anyone I can lay my hands on, if I have my way. :)

Re: Grab for that bronze ring

Chris Anthony — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:32:22 -0000

I'm not sure anyone but Neil Peart and Gene Krupa is good at drumming. ;)

Re: Grab for that bronze ring

Chris Anthony — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:21:47 -0000

You're a drummer? Man, you get awesomer by the day. I have a drum set, but it's way back in my parents' old house (now occupied by my sister) about 600 miles away. No room for it here, and too many neighbors...

Re: What Matters

Chris Anthony — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:46:49 -0000

Well said, Johnny. I'm not entirely convinced of the binary "this matters/this doesn't matter", but you make a good and fair point.

Re: Gimme your brains

Chris Anthony — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:06:20 -0000

Getting Greenland is going to be *hard*, Kirsty - right now there are only about 57,000 people on the island, and although 93% of them have *access* to the internet in the capital city, remember that only about 15,000 people actually *live* there. ;)

Re: Gimme your brains

Chris Anthony — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:56:17 -0000

I'm glad Catherine's working for you! She certainly works for me. *rowr* ;)

(*holds up a Wile E. Coyote sign saying "it was worth it"*)

Re: Emotional labour

Chris Anthony — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:32:27 -0000

Mm, potato.

Hey - I have a favor to ask, if you have a few minutes. Do you have audio recording software?

Re: Emotional labour

Chris Anthony — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:19:40 -0000

Absolutely.

Emotional labor is especially important for someone like me; I have depression (untreated, even) and an anxiety disorder, and it's work just to get out of bed some days. When I have things to do, it requires active effort to be functional, let alone to be joyful.

But putting in the labor - making the effort, stapling a smile to my face if I have to - makes it easier every time I have to do it. Even if it's only easier by the tiniest amount, it builds up.

Re: Three things that you should do

Chris Anthony — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:26:39 -0000

Well said, Catherine.